In this situation, does the tram driver have the right of passage over the tram driving on the transverse track?
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Correct answer
YES
Explanation
In the video, we are driving a tram on the tracks towards a junction with other tram tracks, and before the crossing tracks there is sign A-7 "give way". In this situation, the tram driver must give way to trams travelling on the crossing tracks - the answer is YES.
Sign A-7 placed before tracks used by rail vehicles means that the driver must give way to rail vehicles travelling on those tracks. This also applies to the tram driver. The rule that a tram has right of way regardless of the direction it is coming from concerns the relation between a tram and other vehicles, and applies only when right of way is not determined by signs. So you stop if necessary and let the tram on the crossing tracks go first.
Legal basis: § 5 para. 5 and 6 of the Regulation on road signs and signals; Art. 5 para. 1 of the Road Traffic Act (Prawo o ruchu drogowym)